Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-19
SPURIOUS "RIDDLES.'
MANY OF rRRsE BONDS OFFERED IN
BOSTON.
Eforis Here and North 10 Trace Up the
Missing Package The
Latest.

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that have 50 far come to light, but the
proof is still wanting.
When the Malone Board OF Com
missioners refused TO receive the Ken
dali Company's first shipment of bonds
the secretary of the board (Mr. Now
land) was directed TO reship the same
TO the company IN New York. and this
| he did.
On July 25th, 1882, the Adams Ex-
press Company, New York, notified the
Kendall Company by postal that we
have received to your address, and hold
at Your risk goods from X. W. n. Now
land, OF Virginia, charges paid. Please
call for the same and present this no.
tice, or fill out the order below, &c, to
which the following reply was made:
| KENDALL BASE-NOTE CoNPtSY,l
NEW YORK, July q, 1882.
| Adams ETprsss Company, 50 BTOddvag, city:
| Dear Sirs.-Rcgarding enclosed VIC beg leave
10 roufy you that tie goods mentioned do not
| teloug 10 us, but to the parties shipping them,
| and We therefore decline 70 receive them.
Very respectfully yours,
THE KENDALL BANK-NoTE COMPANY.
This letter with the postal pinned to
il was sent to Richmond, with the fol-
lowing written at the foot Of the page
Mr. Citson.-Goods from Il. W. n. Nowiand,
| state Treasurer Office Richmond, Va. Please
'''' '' Z. c. BABcocS.
,N,- York, July g, ISs2
The express agent here forwarded the
paper and enclosures to the Capitol
with the following endorsed on the
baCk
Br. n. ". y. NoeldnG:
Dear Sir,-Instructions az TO disposition of
'' }. F.GIBsoN, Agent.
Richmond, Va, July 10Th.
Mr.. Nowland was the secretary of the
Board of Commissioners of the Sink
ing-Fund. He is now dead. If he
ever made any reply to Mr.. Gibson the
fact does not appear of record at tEe
Capitol or at the express-Ofiice here.
The probability is that he made no
answer. If not, in due course the
package would have been sold by the
express company in New York for the
benefit of whom it might concern.
Subsequent shipments of the bonds
here, which were refused by the Ma
hone board, were kept in the vault OF
the express company-Mr. Gibson
knowing what they were, and under
standing that they were things not to
be thrown loosely upon the public 1t
is true that he advertised them for sale
with other unclaimed freight, but he
only did so to compel the Capitol Off
GERS to come forward and pay the
charges and take them away. This they
did. Thus nineteen packages of bonds
are all right in the Capitol, while pack
ages that came previously were last
heard of in the New York express
office.
OTHER bogus BONDS.
II has been heretofore published in
the Dispatch that Blake, Brothers Il
Co.. Of Boston, sent here for examina-
ton gl4, 4,C0Qof these bonds that Tobey |
a Kirk, Of New York, wrote here as to |
$40 others and that one 81, ,OO0 bond |
Of the same character was sent here from |
Baltimore TO Warren & Quarlcs.
The frst-named lot was sent here in |
care of the First National Bank, and, |
according to the Boston firms orders,
was reshipped Saturday evening. On |
a verbal request from Mr.. Witt Mr. |
Ouarles kept the bond sent him until |
Yesterday morning, when he received |
an order to return il TO Baltimore, and |
he so informed the State authorities |
but the latter, though they thought it
desirable to detain the bond here, could |
not do it. How could they do it ? 1t |
is not the States property. Nobody |
had ever attempted to utter it in Vir-
pinia. end therefore no criminal action
could be taken in this State. So it was
that Warren a Quarles were allowed TO
rcship the bond to Baltimroe.
THE FIRST SUSPICION.
1t is certain that the forgers or their |
agents have been at work uttering these ,
bonds since April the I'd. TO prove it
read the letters and answers following
the latter diplomatically worded so as to
bring the bonds to Richmond
Boston. April Q, 1887.
To the Treasurer Of the state # Virginia, Rich
mOnd. Pa:
Desr Sir.-Thore we're offered TO me for sale
two consolidated debt Commonwealth OF Nlr-
ginls 3 per cent. bonds, dated July ], lSe9-N0s
or and 9i-and signed by ID. X. Reyeley, Irea-
surcr Of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and |
J. T. Smith, Second Auditor.
Now. what | want TO know Is If such bonds |
were signed by the above parties, OF the sigma
tures are forgeries In other words, did thOse /
bonds get out Of the Treasury Department |
without the signatures Of the Treasurer ana !
Auditor and their names forged by an Outsice
party! ,,.-,
myself always indebted TO you, remain your
obedent servant JACOB fOA'
APRIL 4, 1887.
H. Jacob FoT, Boston Aass
Yours Of the "a instant, addressed 10 the
Treasurer Of Virginia. has been handed into |
this oflce orreply.
You don't give a complete description OF the |
bonds you reier 10. You don't say Whother
they are coupon or registered II registered, In /
WhRt name registered, nor DO you state the |
amount for which each Is issued. But TO de-
termine whether tho bonds are forgeries or not |
sepd them 70 some broker In this city, 10 he |
presented by him TO this once Tor examination |
Very respectfully.
j. l.. sHAcKELFoRD.
Acting Second Auditor
BosrON, April s, 1881.
Dear Sir,-Wnl you kindly inform me at |
vour convenience how much OF the consolidated |
debt bond issue Of 1882, State OF Virginia, was !
negotiated, what the original ainsunt oil the
issue was and by whom the bonds wore signed! |
Ry so doing you will confer great favor On, |
yourn reepectfully, j. II. WALKER, |
235 Washington street.
APRIL -, 1885,.
Nr. j. H. Walker, 235 Washington street:
Dear sir-Your letter of April s,h to the 4
treasurer OF Virginia handed TO me for answer. |
II ia plain 20 my mind that the letter is from |
IN. same source with one | received on the "a |
Of April and answered through the chief clerk |
of his ofncs In this repeat what was there |
stated-that / must see the bonds before an |
swsr tho questions | inclOee tie card OF |
broker or rather firm Of brokers, through /
whom YOU may get the explanation yol want. /
Respectfully your obedient servant
FRANK G.. RUFFIS,
Second Auditor.
So it appears that in all the five cases
where the bonds are known to have
been offered there we're circumstances
attending the offering, or there was
something in the appearance of the
bonds or signatures thereto which ex-
cited suspicion.
The full complement of coupons
being on bonds of date 1882 was of it,
elf epo1Oh 10 arOuse sllsDicion Il